Branded By Fire releases next Tuesday! Here's what KMont at Lurv A La Mode had to say about Mercy and Riley's story:

Seeing them try to keep their alpha tendencies walled up and defending their emotions was both amusing and heart pounding when they began to crumble.

To read the full review, follow the link!The cyber launch party continues today with the giveaway of a paranormal romance - Alyssa Day'sAtlantis Unleashed, and a historical anthology - Talk of the Ton!Entry rules are the same as Monday. Leave your answer to the burning question in the comments! And if you bring along a friend to the party, it'll give you another entry for the day's giveaways.

Today's burning question is inspired by the anthology above: If you could live in any time period, past, present or future, which would you choose?

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Tough question, when you think of historical periods (at least when I do) they are so romanticized. Life, I'm sure in many ways, is easier now than before, but if I could pick one for just a short duration. Maybe the late 1800's, I think it would be a real treat as long as I could be of an middle to upper class family. Not sure I'd want to spend my day as a scullery maid!

I'm intrigued by the idea of the future, I think, if it looks a little bit like a fantasy book. Being able to shape-shift or teleport or have another type of psychic skill would be awesome provided those abilities are used safely. No emotion-, blood-, or soul-sucking creatures, thank you very much! LOL

I'd say the 1920s or 1930s. They were periods rife with change and I've often felt like I would have been delighted to be part of that, despite the war. Those decades inspired artists of all types, including filmmakers. Those old films are the best! Also, I will admit to being drawn by the fashion. :)

This is actually a very easy question for me to answer. I've always been vastly interested in the Celts, their way of life, the druids (yeah big on the druids), so I would definitely love to live in the era that the druids and Celts dominated their lands until foisted out.

Well, I wouldn't necessarily want to live in the future since I don't know what the future is like. I don't like uncertainty. And even though I would love to visit the past, I couldn't live there. I'm too used to convenient plumbing and sanitary conditions. So I guess I'm stuck right where I am. :P Please enter me for either book. Thanks!

Hmmmmm. I definitely think I would like to try and future, even just 50 years on. Things are changing so quickly :) Although, on a more serious note, here's hoping in 50 years we still have a planet worth visiting!

And please don't include me in the draw for Atlantis Unleashed Nalini :)

I don't know. I definitely wouldn't want to live in the past because the life expectancy was a lot shorter. I liked to visit the past and the future but I don't think I would want to live there....unless the future was really, really cool!! Thanks for holding this contest!!

I've always said that I'd live in the period before the Civil war. The dresses and life seemed so glamorous to me at the time. Now, I'm starting to contemplate the Regency period-except for the health care.

I prefer to live in todays time period, but I would love to go back in time to several different time periods for a visit! I would love to go the the Highlands of Scotland from years ago. Maybe back to the Civil war, the regency period, I think I would love to visit them all. but not live during that time.

I think I might like to live in the future. Mostly because I don't think that I can live in the past without the mod cons that I'm used to now, and I think that I would like to know how culture and society evolves.

Well, I'm pretty happy with where I am right now. Kids pretty much grown, through college and married or getting married. Husband and I have good health, a new touring bike and are free to take off on trips as we want. But it would be fantastic to have a chance to pop into different times for a short visit. Oh, my gosh wouldn't that be the ultimate trip.

18th Century so long as I was an aristocrat with money, if I was middle class then mid to late 19th century and if I had to be lower class then Celtic because the distinction wasn't that large back then.

This is actually an easy question for me. If I had to pick, I would stay right where I am. I love my modern conveniences. I don't want to be scared in the future by over population, environmental hazards, etc. (Unless the changlings help us out!) The past was difficult!!

There's no time like the present. Better the devil you know n all that. Knowing my luck if I got sent to the future it'd be some sort of post apocalyptic terminator nightmare. If I went to the past I'd end up burnt as a witch or die of food poisoning. I've retweeted the comp cause the comment count seems a little light today.

Hmm...I think that living in the future sounds exciting, though there is a sense of trepidation about the unknown. But I would love to live in Ancient Greece or Rome, or the Regency Period. Of course, only if the manners, womens rights and plumbing were modern! ;)

The Progressive Era (here in America) would be fairly interesting, I think. All that coming out from under Victorian influence to the new morality of the 1910s and 20s...although WWI does sort of put a damper on the period...

But there's still land-claiming expansion, the move from rural to urban society has just started in full swing, and it would be very interesting to see a society and nation in flux.

While venturing back in time to try on empire style dresses seem fun, I'd prefer not to wear corsets. The future seems interesting, but what if there are aliens? I guess I would prefer the present day.

Sometimes I fantasize about the past, sometimes is fantasize about the future. My reality is that I like my life now, I would love to have sneak peeks in the past or the future. I don't want to live there for real.

Although I love READING about the past, I still prefer living in the present because I don't think that I could stand to wear all of the layers that seemed to be required in the previous years and I am seriously addicted to my modern conveniences such as the internet!

I like to read books of historical periods but wouldn't want to live in them - just think of the bathroom. Iik! Plus a woman had nothing (or almost) to say there... As we know the present already and it's not so bad I think it would be safe to stay here :-) But I would like to live in the future - I hope there would be some problems solved and therefore e better living for all. Although - if I'm really honest I would LOVE to life in one of the books I read. Be the mate of some shapeshifter or angel or live as a witch. I mean that's action, love and true friendship there!

I'd like to randomly travel into the future and see what kind of books, movies, and music are available. I would love to see what kind of energy source is being used, what medical advances have been made. Jump maybe fifty or hundred years after my death and see what's up. ^^

Thanks for the notice you left on Facebook. I now hold "Branded By Fire" in my hands. As I started reading it, I find that I could not put the book down. Therefore, I am officially declaring this book a huge success.

Thank you again for another great books with memorable characters for me to love.

I do not know what time period I would like to live in. I am pretty spoiled and I could not imagine living in a time that did not have indoor plumbing. The sixties would be a very interesting time to live in...I think.

No time as the present (health care, indoor plumbing, freedom of speech, women's rights... :-) )But I'd love to be able to make short time-travels to the past, especially the Regency period in England (as wealthy aristocrat, of course) or the late 1960s...

I'm getting my PhD in history, which makes it really hard to fantasize about living in the past. However, I think it would be interesting to live in Alexandria in the first century BCE. It had such a diverse population, and I've always wanted to know what their subjects thought about life under the Ptolemies. Thanks!

Congratulations to all previous winners!This isn't an easy question; but I think my answer would be the future. I was always facinated with future and all the good stuff it could bring. But I would chose a happy future (without wars and lack of water)

My choice would be the present. Who knows what the future holds. The conveniences of the present would be hard to give up to live in the past. I wouldn't mind visiting either the past or future though.

I'd pick the present too, being someone who enjoys current inventions and technology, lol:) Also, like Lisa J said, we don't know what the future holds. But, a short time in either the present or future might be nice:)

Since I think we may be able to use our Psy powers in the future I would choose the future. I have great hopes for the future and think we will be more globally connected. I love Alyssa Day. I am not familiar with the other author but am always looking for new ones. Keep up the good work.

Since I think we may be able to use our Psy powers in the future I would choose the future. I have great hopes for the future and think we will be more globally connected. I love Alyssa Day. I am not familiar with the other author but am always looking for new ones. Keep up the good work.

I Think I've just gotten the hang about life as it is and would stay right here right now; I am quite content in reading tales about the past and the future.Thank you for having this contest and good luck to all

I have always wanted to live in the regency era in England. I am such a Jane Austen wanna-be. Love the fashion, love the subtlety of courting and the chivalry of a gentleman. Fitzwilliam Darcy all the way. I would prefer to live in the country versus town.

That is a hard question. I think I'd choose the Regency period as I love the dress and conduct of the people in this period. Ofcourse I would have to have been a popular member in the ton to enjoy it :).

I would definitely like to live in the future. If it's anything like the movies/tv shows I've seen we'd have: food dispensers, faster transportation, more efficient medical....there are no limits to what we could have.

I'm not really sure which time period I would like. I like my present conviences too much to want to live in the past (unless there is a great reason). However I'm not sure about the future either. More like the present with a twist. Kind of like Hamilton's Blake Series or Lora Leigh's Breed Series. A little extra uummmpphh to go with my present time. ;)

I agree with Patty, the future would be so incredible. My parents were born in the early 1900s and I was talking with my father the other night, asking him what was the greatest thing he's ever seen change in his life time? He said he could never have envisioned the digital age. But my 80 year old father has taken to cell phones, laptops, cds and dvds. Now the idea of other races such as vamps, shape shifters, and psy-such folks would be something marvelous to see.

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